This is deccan from Malaysia. I just registered to add to the litany of thanks. I basically had zero experience in programming before this and participating in this contest has taught me more about programming than I've ever learned from any book. Thanks!

thanks folks, brilliant contest - after the tron one, i couldn't think of a game that would be as good, but here you found something even better. organisation seemed impressive to me (not at all like student organisations i was in .) thankyou very much and hope to see you at the next one sometime soon (but not too soon - i ought to be spending some time on other things.)